TOKYO, Japan — Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba warned in his first policy speech Friday that 'today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia' while also dubbing the country's low birth rate a 'quiet emergency.'
TOKYO, Japan — Japan 's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba warned in his first policy speech Friday that 'today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia' while also dubbing the country's low birth rate a 'quiet emergency.''Many fear that today's Ukraine could be tomorrow's East Asia. Why did deterrence not work in Ukraine ?' Ishiba told parliament.
The country has the world's oldest population after tiny Monaco, according to the World Bank.Last year its birth rate — the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her life — stood at 1.2, well below the 2.1 children needed to maintain the population.On Friday, Ishiba called the birth rate situation a 'quiet emergency', adding that the government will promote measures to support families such as flexible working hours.
PM Warns 'Today's Ukraine Could Be Tomorrow's East Asia'
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